#ECD161#ECD161

#ECD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD161
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -3.71, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 57.96, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0138 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5527, 64.2996, 20.5812)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD161 #617CEC

analogous

#EC8B61 #ECD161 #C2EC61

triadic

#ECD161 #61ECD1 #D161EC

tetradic

#ECD161 #61EC8B #617CEC #EC61C2

square

#ECD161 #61EC8B #617CEC #EC61C2

split-complementary

#ECD161 #61C2EC #8B61EC

monochromatic

#BC9C17 #E5C12A #ECD161 #F3E198 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#ECD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD161

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD161	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de92',
    500: '#ecd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd161;
$custom-light: #f5de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86189,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD161

secondary

#3650BB

accent

#33DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD161

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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